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Continuation (Free verse) by baughworm
Among shaggy fir trees The sickly she wolf rears her head Toward a patchy peach colored moon, Howling the most sincere song of woe. Miles away, Metropolisville USA, An unnamed baby chokes its last unheard breath, Before submitting to winter’s biting cold. A well drugged mother checks into rehab, Wanting to clean up, Take care of her infant, Lead a proper life, Set a good example. Before the daffodils bloom again, The she wolf will be dead, Leaving behind countless young To sing for all the world’s sorrow. The mother will be high, Leaving behind the rotting carcass Of her forgotten attempt at eternal life.

Up the ladder: nothing, as today
Down the ladder: My Queen

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Arithmetic Mean: 7.3636365
Weighted score: 6.181818
Overall Rank: 1004
Posted: May 13, 2003 5:47 PM PDT; Last modified: May 13, 2003 5:47 PM PDT
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[8] <{Baba^Yaga}> @ 24.126.113.154 | 14-May-03/5:43 AM | Reply
Jesus, you are on junky patrol. Well i'm with you. Line those weak chisel chins up for inspection. Let's cop a feel.
[9] Caducus @ 62.105.88.10 | 14-May-03/9:03 AM | Reply
A vivid, classy poem big on imagery and very flow like. 9
[n/a] baughworm @ 216.196.163.32 > Caducus | 14-May-03/11:38 AM | Reply
Well thank you.
[n/a] -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I. @ 81.128.136.178 | 1-Apr-04/9:37 AM | Reply
Seven lacerations on a South Dakoty bum
There's seven lacerations on a South Dakoty bum
Somewhere in the distance, seven people take a dump...
[9] Joshua_Tree @ 68.230.105.101 | 20-Jun-05/9:41 AM | Reply
You capture the imagery of the cycle well, without accidentally endorsing it. The contrast between the she wolf's immortality attained through submission to death and the drug abuser's tenous cling on mortality gained with the sacrifice of her child is superb. The double meaning of the last two lines is excellent. I'd be tempted to use "aborted attempt," but that could misfire.
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